I'm writing my report on the life of Allen Ezail Iverson. The cutest player in the NBA, not Kobe Bryant and them wack Lakers. Allen Iverson was born June. 7, 1979 in Hampton, VA. As a young boy he stayed in the projects and was the son of his 15 year old single mother. The building that they stayed in was on top of the city's sewer and when the sewer pipes would burst, the floor would be covered with sewage. His mother who's name is Ann, had a hard time making enough money to support her family. Sometimes they went without water and lights. Iverson is not a only child. He has two younger sisters, Brandy who was born in 1979 and Iiesha who was born in 1991. The bills got worse after Iiesha was born because she had seizures and they had to pay medical bills.
He never really had a father figure around until 1991. His real father stayed in Connecticut, where they used to stay before Iverson was born. He is now in
On Valentine's day Iverson and some of his friends, who were all black and jocks went to the local bowling alley. Iverson was well know in the town because just two months early he had led his high school football team to the state championship and was in the process of doing the same in basketball. He was quarterback and a point guard.
After two years at Georgetown Iverson announced that he was going into the draft and he must likely did that to get his family out of the projects as soon as possible.
While he was still in jail he got to think about future. He was never a straight A student and was falling behind in school. The time in jail did help though because he now knew what he was going to do. He knew that some schools would not want him now that he had been to jail but he would not let that hold him back from getting what he wanted. When he got out he tried to make a name for him self by going to a Nike Camp in Indianap
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